Has anyone purchased their kitchen cabinets, etc from Home Depot
We recently had our kitchen designed at Home Depot--cabinets, countertops,
etc.Now I am hearing their merchandise is of a lower quality.My question
is this--if I am actually getting my cabinets, etc from another
manufacturer (say, Kraftmaid) but buying them through HD, how can their
merchandise be lower quality? Besides, I am sure the manfacturer is the
one that backs their products, not Home Depot. Has anyone heard of this?What has your experience been with HD as far as kitchen materials? P.S.--HD will NOT be installing them.
My husband & I have bought HD kitchen cabinets for two homes.
We're really happy with them (he LOVES them).
They're the Mills Pride brand, which I think is the HD brand. Maybe that
is what people are thinking of when they tell you they're not made as
well. We've had them for 5 years, & they still work & look great.
The one thing I would change about the cabinets in our present home though is, there was some kind of option of whether to have some additional facing inside the cabinet (where the cabinets close together). We didn't do that (to save money) & there is visible space into the cabinet. I am unhappy with it, but I've never complained about it to my husband because he is so proud of those cabinets. So, if that is an option for you, go with the extra facing. We installed them ourselves too. We're amateurs & made some mistakes accordingly. But very livable mistakes, nontheless.
I have personally installed about 30 kitchens & have this
opinion about Home Depot designers..not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
They have little concept of tight spaces. An example is not considering
the dishwasher swing in a corner with adjacent drawers; the dishwasher
door would hit the drawer knobs if installed to original design. Your
contractor (me) would have to spend (waste) valuable time to re-arrange the layout to make everything fit (unpaid). Your HD designer sits never knowing what a bonehead flaw (she, usually) presented the installer & really couldn't care less. As far as materials, HD stuff is of decent quality & should last a lifetime. We'd all like Kraft-made but, for most folks it is out of the budget. Good Luck,
I like designer is answer. Home depot does offer an inexpensive
line of cabinets. They use a lot of man made material for shelves backs &
bottoms. A lot of custom cabinet makers can give you what you want for
about the same money when you up grade to KRAFTMAID, etc. I installed
''store bought'' ( cheap cheap) cabinets in my mothers house when I was
seventeen. That was forty five years ago. They went through five kids &
twenty two grand kids. The cabinets & mother are still doing great.
home depot buys then resaile to u from the manufacturer the
product is quality wise good
When you purchase cabinetry through Home Depot, Home Depot
becomes responsible for the product no matter who the manufacturer is. The
place that sells you the cabinets is responsible to you & the manufacturer
is responsible to the retailer.
Every major manufacturer has different product lines of varying qualities,
so it is very possible that the cabinets available from one manufacturer at one place are better or worse than those from the same manufacturer at another place. The same is true in the appliance industry & other areas too. The biggest problem with cabinetry from Home Depot, or any other place offering ''shelf-item'' cabinetry is that only certain sizes are available so you will likely have to have fillers to compensate for the lack of custom sizes. What to look for in quality is the finishing, especially of the doors. Inspect corners, joints, panels, & the finish (lacquer) itself. The next most important thing to check is the quality of the hardware: Do the doors & drawers operate smoothly? What is the weight capacity for the drawers? Are the extra features you want available & of good quality (such as pull-outs, built-in spice racks, etc.)? Good luck! auckland real estate new zealand registered valuers rotorua
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